hackle vs comb

hackle and comb both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hackle	Yes	No	Yes	No
comb	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, comb is a hypernym of hackle; that is, comb is a word with a broader meaning than hackle:

hackle (noun)	comb (noun)
long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants	the act of drawing a comb through hair
	ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
	the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
	a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
	any of several tools for straightening fibers

hackle (verb)	comb (verb)
comb with a heckle	smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
	search thoroughly
	straighten with a comb